This week we offer our Books podcast listeners an introductory edition of our new Guardian Audio Edition, a weekly selection of longer articles in audio form.

As the UK's largest commercial quality news organisation, the Guardian is renowned for its thought-provoking, progressive news agenda and for its innovative storytelling across all digital platforms. Now for the first time the Guardian has a voice in the Guardian Audio Edition, supported by Audible.co.uk.

Every week we showcase the best news, culture and opinion pieces from across the Guardian in an easy to digest, hour-long podcast.